Double Vision

An Impractical Joke

Anastasia
It has been a month since Christian and I had been together and I just got a call from Dr Rogers my OB/GYN regarding a bad batch of my birth control shot. Some man thinking it would be funny replaced the actual birth control drugs with saline. Guess who got one of those absolutely funny shots. I think he should be on stage with this routine he pulled, while the mothers of the unplanned babies threw poop filled diapers at him. The company fired him and he has been arrested for corporate sabotage. For those of us that are now pregnant it is not so funny. I am mounting a class action suit along with a large number of others. He is now facing other charges based on the fact that a few women died because of his actions. They were not healthy enough to have a baby. I am not willing to talk to Christian about this and I am unwilling to abort the child. I don't need him at all. I had to tell dad and mom though. I am sure Christian would try to force me to get rid of it and I am unwilling to.
Dr Rogers
I am very sorry Anastasia, the man is in jail unfortunately his wife is pregnant and has three children according to the newspapers.
Anastasia
Does she want to divorce him? If she lives in this area give her my name and number and I do it for free. If she needs anything at all, including a job and help for her and her children. Just have her contact me if you can think of a way of doing it without alerting her to the fact you spoke to me about her.
Dr. Rogers
I take her card and put it in my files and make a note to give the card to my patient when she arrives in the AM. Leila Williams is a good mother, she just had a husband who pulled one too many practical jokes. One that changed so many lives.
The next morning Leila arrives with her three children looking big as a house with number four.
Leila Williams
My landlord is holding me for the rent and I am having to babysit for some very poorly behaved children. I have to hound their parents for my pay. I had to go to the food pantry for food for the children. My car is barely running with the limited gas I can afford for it. Dr. Rogers asks me If I plan on divorcing Jake, I kind of have no choice in the matter. I can't afford an attorney or the court costs. Along with I can't divorce until after the baby is born. Jake's family won't help us out, because they never approved of me. Look at what their son has done to so many innocent people and families. He tells me a friend of his is an attorney and is a compassionate person. She might work something out for me. I like her name and think I recall her name in the paper before. I take the name and number down and tell him to hang onto the card just in case.
Dr Rogers
Leila I will wave my fees and try to get your hospital stay free. I will look into what we can do about your three other children. Do you have anything for the baby?
Leila
People have been helping what they can, but they can only help so much.
Dr Rogers
Call that young woman right away okay? I think she might have resources you don't.
Leila
I am so desperate I call this Anastasia Steele and she comes and picks me up from where my car broke down. Her VW is  amazing. We go to her office and the kids are having fun. I have never seen such a child friendly office in my life.
Anastasia
Mrs Williams is sitting waiting with three crying children in her poor broken down car. We put the car seats in my VW and find a place to get them something to eat and drink all four of them. Dad has ran a background check on her already, so we know she has no help at all. Mom has had a childcare area ready for my baby. I asked for one if the apartments to be set up for Leila and her three babies. Her landlord has served her with eviction papers. We all pitch in and help her out. I ask her if she has worked it turns out she has a business degree. We put her in the payroll under mom and dad. They will be her bosses. I have started the paperwork for her divorce.
Raymond
We take Leila up to the five bedroom apartment and show it to her. It has furniture in it, but not baby furniture. I have someone go get all her things and take Anastasia and her along in case we need Anastasia's mouth. Carla us watching the very sleepy children. We have some childcare workers arriving today as well. Luckily we have no contact with the landlord. The moving people arrive and box everything up and move it all in three hours. Anastasia sees code violations and takes photos of them.
Leila
Carla helps me fill out the job application and then she has me fill out my paperwork for insurance for me and the children. I call and tell the parents I can no longer babysit for them, since they can't seem to pay me. They have towed my car. Anastasia hands me keys to another minivan and money to buy things for myself and the kids. We go and look at where to place the kids things in the apartment. They give me the keys and code for the building and the garage and the apartment. They take my photo for my employee badge. They then take photos if the children for the daycare they have created.
Anastasia
I have to tell her I am pregnant too, but mine is due to her husbands joke. I tell her I don't blame her or her children and I think that they should not pay for their fathers mistakes.